Ladies of Hive Community Contest #228

• Do you believe in having a structured routine or a more spontaneous approach to life?

I was raised in a small town in Venezuela by very strict parents so the routine has been part of my life since I was very small and this is a structure that I have held for a long time in my life both in studies and at home and raising my son, after establishing myself as a secretary in an institution I could notice different aspects of life to which I do not adapt very well, how those inflicted rules and many things in life that I thought were right and ended up being a total lie, so after my retirement which has already been many years, currently life in my day to day has its little things that are routine but I try to make it as spontaneous as possible because now we try to enjoy and value every day that we can really live and especially to observe this digital age that seems to be consuming the new youth.

• ¿Crees en una rutina estructurada o en un enfoque más espontáneo de la vida?

Fui criada en un pueblo pequeño de Venezuela por unos padres muy estrictos por lo que la rutina ha sido parte de mi vida desde muy pequeña y este es una estructura que he sostenido por un largo tiempo en mi vida tanto en los estudios como en la casa y la crianza de mi hijo, luego de establecerme como secretaria en una institución pude notar distintos aspectos de la vida a los cuales no me adapto muy bien, cómo esas reglas infligidas y muchas cosas en la vida que yo pensaba que eran correctas y terminaron siendo una total mentira, así que luego de mi retiro del cuál ya han pasado muchos años, actualmente la vida en mi día a día tiene su cosita que son de rutina pero trato de que sea lo más espontánea posible ya que ahora intentamos disfrutar y valorar cada día que podemos realmente vivir y sobre todo al observar esta era digital que parece que está consumiendo las nuevas juventud.

• Do you have a morning or evening ritual that helps you feel grounded?

For me the things that connect me the most with the earth or perhaps with those reflective thoughts of consciousness that make us think of God is at that time of the day when I am pouring water to the bushes is a moment when I can watch the water coming out of the hose falling on the leaves of the bushes and for some reason this feeling connects a lot of sense especially the smell of wet sand is something that connects us at least to me personally I feel very good.

• ¿Tienes algún ritual matutino o nocturno que te ayude a sentirte conectado a la tierra?

Para mí las cosas que más me conectan con la tierra o quizás con esos pensamientos reflectivos de conciencia que nos hacen pensar en Dios es en ese momento el día cuando estoy echando agua a las matas es un momento en el que me siento puedo observar el agua salir por la manguera caer sobre la hoja de las matas y por alguna razón este sentimiento conecta mucho sentido sobre todo el olor arena mojada es algo que nos conecta por lo menos a mí personalmente me siento muy bien.

• What’s one daily habit you can’t live without?

I think this is exactly what I meant when I said that I have one thing or another that are like a routine and because of the question more than routine is something that is a ritual in getting up early to make some coffee is something or not that I start the day.

• ¿Cuál es el hábito diario sin el que no puede vivir?

Creo que justamente a esto me refería cuando dije que tengo una que otra cosa que son como una rutina y pues debido a la pregunta más que rutina es algo que es un ritual en levantarse temprano hacer un poco de café es algo o no que empiezo el día.

I would like to take this post at the same time to thank everyone who is part of this community I have seen how the curators spend a lot of time to observe each of the entries of each of the users trying to connect with them and even remember their names idea of where they are from for sure is a difficult task that I personally find a little difficult to understand but I start to visualize what other people have to tell to offer and the way they see the world I find it very interesting and it makes me question myself about some of the things I am living. I find it very interesting and it makes me question myself about some of the things that I am living because when I observe other people talking about their life it is a bit inevitable to take a few seconds and try or maybe not try but automatically do this comparing but sometimes this is not totally bad because it helps us to observe important positive aspects in our life that we often overlook.

• Ladies Oh Hive Community Contest #228